Stride Academy K-8 Charter School

Stride Academy K-8 Charter School is an elementary campus of large scale in SAINT CLOUD, Minnesota, run under STRIDE Academy, teacheing 569 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 65% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

STRIDE Academy is the operating authority for Stride Academy K-8 Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Stride Academy K-8 Charter School reports that nearly all students (87%) are Black. Other groups include 7% White, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 9% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Stride Academy K-8 Charter School records 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Stride Academy K-8 Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Stearns County's rate of about 44%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stride Academy K-8 Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Stearns County put median household earnings sit near $77,066, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Stearns County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students), of which Stride Academy K-8 Charter School is one.

TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stride Academy K-8 Charter School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 24.9%.

Stride Academy K-8 Charter School operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Stride Academy K-8 Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stride Academy K-8 Charter School has edged up 87%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 569 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 53% to 87%.

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